Area families enjoy fun-filled morning, made donations to Manna

10:24 PM,
Apr. 12, 2014

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Written by

Stephen Crawford
News Journal correspondent

Families took full advantage of the perfect weather and flooded the grounds of the Roger Scott Athletic Complex on Saturday morning for the city's annual Play Pensacola Easter Egg Hunt and Festival.

The fun-filled event featured face painting, bounce houses and slides, giant bubbles and, of course, about 12,000 Easter eggs ready to be hunted.

"This is absolutely the perfect day," Kim Carmody, recreational superintendent for the city, said. "It's such a beach day and all these people still show up. We've already had about 1,500 people show up, and we just started the first egg hunt." ...